Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

NOsHEt'
THE federal officeholder was prominent
amoEg the delegates in the Ohio demo
cratic Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wen. he will not be very numerous
around that republican convention this
week, "you just bet" Not if this ad-
ministration "knows herself, and she
thinks she docs"
HAVING completely failed to nominate
a presidential candidate for the demo
cratic party the republican organs have
now all joined hands to nominate demo
cratic vice presidential candidate. If
these organs will give due attention to
Blaine, Sherman, Foraker AID Tuttle
they y i'll have all they can do.
DR.. l.. ID. STANDIFoRD, who was an
active candidate for the United States
senate to succeed Beck, died at Louis
vile, KY, tuesday morning, at the age
Of Sc. He vas married about two weeks
ago. He was ex-president Of the Lo7is-
vile 3. Nashville railroad aad was actively
interested III several other concerns; also
being farmer on nm extensive scale.
Ex-WAEDEu McGAEIGLE, one of the
Cook county boodlers who has been sen
fenced to three years imprisonment for
bnodleism escaped from custody Satur-
day evening, and is still! at large. He
was escorted home Saturday even
ing by Sheriff Mstson, to see his
wife, and while there decided to take
a bath. He entered the bath room and
in some unknown manner escaped to the
rear Of the house where a carriage in
waiting conveyed him safely away. All
but nothing definite has yet been learned
President CLEVELAND has accepted the
cordial invitation of the citizens com
mittee of St. Louis to visit that city early
in October. The invitation addresses
were magnificent tributes to the ''honest,
fearIes. man" and the presidents reply
though short, was right to the point, as
usual. Every feature Of the occasion of
the formal presentation OF the invitation,
under the circumstances, was conducted
50 manly, so earnestly, so patriotjcally, SO
grandly that il ought to shame into
siIenco forever palsy" and 'insnIt' ele-
ments Of the GA. Il.
TuE following is from tho Milwaukee
Sentinel
II is the deliberate opinion of The st.
Paul Pioneer Press that the most cor
rupt Of men, if given the came position,
could hardly have done worse than Com
SPARKS has done. II Is prob
lem" says that paper, whether the man
ia working for an imaginary political eff
feet or whether he Is honest but half
crazy on the subject Of land frauds. In
either case he il worse that a crank; he
is doing and has done harm which it
will take years to undo.
II ia perfectly safe to wager that the
=. 7. +. com sany is Interested in some of
the rings Of land grabbers. All the land
grabbers d II Sparks day ana night
There is not land thiof IN America who
docs not hate him as badly rs all the
subsidy thieves, navy thieves, land
thieves, horse thieves and all other
thiayr. hoto Grover rlavslona
Tnr common council of Kansa, CITY
has followed the bad example Of tho Mil
"'oR@o alderman IN aduF"H7'nS Mr.
.,nty a.. ,,oyerpor nf Rhndn Island who
ha4 Il clairl TO bo addressed in this man
hef. ihere II h"'hlhE IN law or custom
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Sentinel
In their last bioaniaI reports all the
state officers, except tho railroad commits
sionor addressed their reports "Fo His
E1selloncy Jeremiah NJ. Rusk," and this
Inns been tho general rule, only departed
from occasionally IN all past reports:
ihere may be no law tor Ut and NO use
III II, but there i the uniform and long ex-
istIng custom, Nor is there any special
ample"
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"'''' '""ia ii"' NY ." INC 'iih river III
paRota. me iariner tells what sort OF
crops nc mas ana 'one'uoes Niih the
statement that th'ie Is no PiAoe on earth
"her" WORKING man can i've better or
easl"r than on the jim; and he adds
that IN his opinion Congressman Smith
did not know what he was talking about
when he made his statements. This Da-
kota farmer, living away out on the prai
ri", evidently don't know the Pot-house
congressman. Perhaps that congressmau
did not know anything about Dakota, at /
any ratio he dou't care to know anything
about truth lie was haranguing voters,
and lies are always worth more than
truths for the purposes of such states
,aen.